He answered, “My lord, O king, my servant deceived me. For your servant said, ‘I will saddle a donkey for myself, that I may ride on it and go with the king,’ because your servant is lame.
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He answered, “My lord, O king, my servant deceived me. For your servant said, ‘I will saddle a donkey for myself, that I may ride on it and go with the king,’ because your servant is lame.
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And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go to the king; because thy servant is lame.
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(19-27) And he answered: 'My lord, O king, my servant deceived me; for thy servant said: I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go with the king; because thy servant is lame.
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Passages linked to 2 Samuel 19:26 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 2 Samuel 4:4 Now Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the news came about Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel; and his nurse picked him up and fled. As she hurried to flee, he fell and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.
- 2 Samuel 9:3 The king said, “Is there not yet any of Saul’s house, that I may show the kindness of God to him?” Ziba said to the king, “Jonathan still has a son, who is lame in his feet.”
- 2 Samuel 16:2-3 The king said to Ziba, “What do you mean by these?” Ziba said, “The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that those who are faint in the wilderness may drink.” The king said, “Where is your master’s son?” Ziba said to the king, “Behold, he is staying in Jerusalem; for he said, ‘Today the house of Israel will restore me the kingdom of my father.’ ”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Sa 19:26 And he answered, My lord, O king,…
2Sa 19:26 And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go to the king; because thy servant [is] lame.
Ver. 26. My servant deceived me.] He doth not say, My servant hath by false informations and unjust accusations got my land from me: this troubled Mephibosheth nothing so much as the loss of his good name, and that good esteem that David formerly had of him. He said,
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“ Ego si bonam famam servasso, sat dives ero.” - Plaut.
His comfort was that God, howsoever, would be his character witness at the resurrection.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain My servant deceived me, by carrying away the ass…
My servant deceived me, by carrying away the ass which I bid him saddle for me.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And he answered, my lord, O king, my servant…
And he answered, my lord, O king, my servant deceived me,.... His servant Ziba, who, instead of saddling an ass for him by his order, went off with that and another himself, Sa2 16:1; for thy servant
said, I will saddle me an ass; he not only determined this in his own mind, but gave orders to his servant to saddle one for him:
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that I may ride thereon, and go to the king, because thy servant is lame; and could not walk afoot, being lame of both his feet, Sa2 4:4.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Deceived me - By carrying away the ass which…
Deceived me - By carrying away the ass which I bid him saddle for me.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain What appears to have happened is, that when Mephibosheth…
What appears to have happened is, that when Mephibosheth ordered Ziba to saddle the donkeys and ride with him to join David, Ziba left him under pretence of obeying, but instead laded the donkeys with provisions, and went off alone with them, thus making it impossible for Mephibosheth to follow.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Despised. Hebrew and Chaldean, "acted treacherously against me." (Menochius)
Despised. Hebrew and Chaldean, "acted treacherously against me." (Menochius)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 26. said, I will saddle me an ass] Meaning…
26. said, I will saddle me an ass] Meaning of course, I will have my ass saddled. The Sept. however reads, said unto him, Saddle me the ass, which certainly suits the context better. Apparently Ziba, after receiving the order, saddled the asses, loaded them with provisions, and went to meet David with his fictitious story (ch. 2Sa_16:1), leaving Mephibosheth in the lurch.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (26) My servant deceived me.—It now appears that the…
(26) My servant deceived me.—It now appears that the two asses laden with provisions which Ziba had brought to David in his flight (2Sa_16:1-2) were those which he had been ordered to prepare for his master. When Ziba had stolen away with these, Mephibosheth was left helpless in his lameness. Most of the ancient versions read “said to him, Saddle,” &c., but the sense is plain enough as the text stands.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass.…
Thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass. This would mean, "Thy servant purposed, said within himself, that he would saddle an ass, not by his own hands, but by those of his servants." All the versions, however, except the Chaldee, read, "Thy servant said to him, Saddle me an ass." With this agrees the narrative in 2Sa_16:1. Mephibosheth ordered Ziba to saddle for him an ass, and one for an attendant, and to put hastily together a supply of food for the journey. And Ziba does so; but when everything is ready, he leaves his master in the lurch, and carries all away to David, to whom he falsely represents Mephibosheth as a traitor. In the words that follow, he unreservedly submits himself to David, on the ground that, though innocent in this affair, yet that, as a member of a dethroned dynasty, his life was forfeit, (comp. 2Sa_21:7) and that, in permitting him to live, and placing him among his friends, the king had done him an act of grace.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 See how you translated this man's name in 2…
Ziba
See how you translated this man's name in 2 Samuel 9:2. (See: How to Translate Names)
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my master the king is like an angel of God
Here David's wisdom is compared to the wisdom of an angel. AT: "my master the king is as wise as an angel of God" (See: Simile)
do what is good in your eyes
This means to do what you think is right. AT: "do what you believe to be the right thing to do" (See: Idiom)
all my father's house were dead men before my master the king
Mephibosheth speaks of how his relatives had deserved to be executed as if they had already been executed and were dead. AT: "all my father's house deserved for my master the king to order them to be executed" (See: Metaphor)
my father's house
This refers to his father's relatives. AT: "my father's relatives" (See: Metonymy)
What right therefore have I that I should still cry any more to the king?
Mephibosheth uses this rhetorical question to emphasize that he has no right to request anything from the king. This can be written as a statement. AT: "Therefore, I have no right to ask the king to do anything else for me." (See: Rhetorical Question)
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deceive
donkey
angel
God
good
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